Taku Surname
Approximately 16,202 people bear this surname
Taku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5,837 | 1:3,558 | 427 |
| India | 5,378 | 1:142,630 | 9,079 |
| Japan | 1,763 | 1:72,515 | 5,070 |
| Indonesia | 592 | 1:223,394 | 20,822 |
| Nigeria | 574 | 1:308,611 | 17,158 |
| Albania | 409 | 1:7,125 | 1,359 |
| South Africa | 342 | 1:158,414 | 17,833 |
| Papua New Guinea | 287 | 1:28,410 | 3,214 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| United States | 145 | 1:2,499,717 | 152,655 |
| Russia | 142 | 1:1,014,951 | 77,987 |
| Thailand | 73 | 1:967,649 | 148,690 |
| Ukraine | 65 | 1:700,349 | 73,397 |
| Moldova | 61 | 1:58,383 | 8,186 |
| Solomon Islands | 58 | 1:10,000 | 1,732 |
| Turkey | 51 | 1:1,525,910 | 59,107 |
| Israel | 26 | 1:329,140 | 27,831 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Ireland | 19 | 1:247,839 | 9,475 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Transnistria | 14 | 1:33,907 | 5,291 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Taku (41,512) may also be a first name.
Taku Demographics
Average Taku Salary in
United States
$43,680 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Taku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Taku (Hindi: तकू, Marathi: टाकू, Oriya: ଟାକୁ, Russian: Таку, Tibetan: ཏ་ཀུ་) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taku? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 32,803rd most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 449,793 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Taku reside; 36 percent reside in Central Africa and 36 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Taku is also the 21,570th most numerous first name globally, held by 41,512 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 5,837 people, or 1 in 3,558. In Cameroon Taku is most frequent in: Southwest Region, where 55 percent live, Northwest Region, where 23 percent live and Centre Region, where 7 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 61 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent live and Japan, where 11 percent live.
Taku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Muslim (82%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Taku are 19.85% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.08% being registered with the political party.
The amount Taku earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.05% less than the national average, earning R 225,648 per year; in United States they earn 1.23% more than the national average, earning $43,680 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.82% less than the national average, earning $47,288 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Taku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taku in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཏ་ཀུ་ | taku | - |
| Taku in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟାକୁ | taku | 87.21 |
| ଟକୁ | taku | 8.14 |
| ତାକୁ | taku | 2.33 |
| ତକୁ | taku | 2.33 |
| Taku in the Marathi language | ||
| टाकू | taku | 34.67 |
| टाकु | taku | 20 |
| टकु | taku | 12 |
| तकु | taku | 10.67 |
| टकू | taku | 8 |
| तकू | taku | 5.33 |
| ताकू | taku | 2.67 |
| ताकु | taku | 2.67 |
| ठकू | thaku | 1.33 |
| तखु | takhu | 1.33 |
| Taku in the Hindi language | ||
| तकू | taku | 23.88 |
| टाकू | taku | 20.84 |
| तकु | taku | 18.87 |
| टाकु | taku | 17.55 |
| टकू | taku | 13.72 |
| ताकू | taku | 2.24 |
| टकु | taku | 1.72 |
| ताकु | taku | 1.19 |
| Taku in the Russian language | ||
| Таку | taku | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Taku
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